Match Preview: Newcastle v Arsenal

By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Managing Editor

Newcastle United entertain Arsenal in their final game of the 2012/13 campaign, as the Gunners come to St. James' Park on Sunday (4pm kick-off).

Both sides go into the fixture on the back of victories - the Magpies' coming away at QPR, a result which ensured their top flight survival, and Arsenal seeing off Wigan in midweek to maintain their fight for a top four finish.

When they met in December, Newcastle came from behind three times to level things up at the Emirates Stadium, but ultimately fell to a late rally which saw the North London-based outfit triumph 7-3 in an enthralling contest.

STAT ATTACKSunday's game is the 172nd match between the two clubs, and the 158th in the league.

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A WORD FROM BOTH CAMPSAlan Pardew, Newcastle manager: "We're very, very determined. We've got a good record against Arsenal at home, and we take that into the game so we'll be in good confidence. I think it's very important in terms of ourselves, most importantly. We owe it to the standard of the Premier League and to ourselves that we put on a fantastic show. And I think we can."

Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager: "I had the feeling that it could go to the last day. We are in a position nobody expected us to be in. We have our destiny in our hands, our fate in our hands and that's what you fight for in th game. It's a game that we now want to win but at least we fought back to be in a position where we are masters of our own fate."